Church Bulletin

Zion Traveler Baptist Church in Ruston hosts the Louisiana Missionary Baptist State Quarterly Conference Monday-Wednesday at the church, 1201 Martin Luther King Drive.

Classes will be offered Tuesday and at 7 p.m. Tuesday is a worship service featuring a mass choir from area churches. Late Night Worship is at 9 p.m.

Crop for Ministries Feb. 7-9

Crop for Ministries scrapbooking is Feb. 7-9 at First United Methodist Church in West Monroe. Hours are 9:30 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Cost is $25 for entire weekend or $15 for one day. Make checks to First United Methodist Church and send to Cindy Brown, P.O. Box 2841, West Monroe, LA 71294. To register, contact Brown at 362-2621 or brownc1@gr­aphicpkg.com.

Proceeds support First United Methodist Church ministries.

David O’Neill at Ridge Avenue Feb. 9

Christian trumpet player and singer David O’Neill will perform at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 9 at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church in West Monroe.

O’Neill has played with Sandi Patti, Diana Ross, B.B. King and others as well as the Broadway musical “The Wiz.”

O’Neill combines singing, playing, praise and worship along with his testimony and word. The public is invited to attend.

Adoption issues considered at Lifetree Café

Adoption and the search for birth parents will be explored at Lifetree Café at 7 p.m. Feb. 13.

“Finding the Family I Never Knew” features the filmed stories of a woman who connected with her birth mother and of a woman who, after 35 years, still searches for the child she gave up for adoption.

Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Café is located at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1301 Oliver Road. Contact Dawn Smith, 322-3507 or speechlady01@hotmail.­com. More information at Lifetreecafe.com.

St. Matthew Valentine’s event

St. Matthew Catholic Church is having a Valentine’s Day fundraiser on Feb. 14 and the community is invited.

Proceedswill help restoration projects, including the wall art and stained glass windows.

Doors to the Church Community Center open at 6 p.m. with dancing to the music of Lisa Spann and Company, food and drinks by Monjuni’s, Johnny’s Pizza, Genusa’s, Vieux Carre, Choice Brands and Marsala Beverage. There will also be a silent auction.

Tickets are $35 and available Fiesta Nutrition Center and by contacting Angie O’Pry Blades, 537-1862 or Alisa Lear, 791-0408.